Our thirty-membered association was created in 1998 ; it was the extension of a collective, made up by about fifty persons who wanted to preserve the épinette des Vosges, its shape and the way to play it. It perpetuates a tradition, which has been unbroken for 160 years. It also tries te reestablish the truth facing a few iconoclasts' fanciful allegations who misrepresent History for a venal purpose.